Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-14
TEsTIMoNY OF WITNESS.

What is your true name christian
and surname), given in full, your age,
residence and present post-office adj
dress? (Give description of land on
which you reside. quarter section, town
ship and range.)
2-What is your present occupation
and where and by whom have you been
employed since........ ......... the date of
claimants alleged settlement on said
tract?
3-Are You related to claimant or in
any way interested in this claim or are
you connected with him in business of
anN kind.
Allow far from the residence of
claimant, on said tract, do YOU reside
and how long have you lived there?
Give the names and residences of
two or more persons living nearer to
the claimant of this tract than yourself
II none are nearer than you give the
names of two or more next nearest
and state the land on which they
reside
GLOW long have Won know u............
........ the claimant for whom you az.
pear AS II witness, where has he been
living since you first knew him up TO
the present time, and is he the den-
teal person he represents himself 10
be2
Are YOU well acquainted with the
land embraced in this claim? Give cor
rect description thereof; also state the
extent of your knowledge, and how you
know what you affirm
Show often have you been on this
tract of land since claimants alleged
settlement thereon. at what time or
times, and when did you last see him
on the land?
9-Is said tract within the limits of
an incorporated town or selected site
OF a city or town, or used in any way
for trade or business?
10-State specifically the character of
this land-whether il ls timber. prairie,
grazing, farming, coal or mineral land.
11--Are there any indications for
coal, minerals, or salines on this land?
12-Is it within any stock range or
fence or other inclosure? If so, give
the names of the parties owning or in
any manner controlling such Enclosure
or range.
13-If tie land is timber land, state
whether the timber, or any portion
thereof, and what portion, has been
cut or removed. and by whom.
14-What is this land used for, and
who Cf any one) besides the claimant
is in any manner interested in or uses
or controls the land or claims the tim
Der thereon?
15-What has been claimants occu-
patton since you first knew him, and
where has he been employed and by
whom?
16-Has he had any other living or
boarding place than on this land during
the existhnce of his present claim? If
so, state where he has been living or
stopping.
17-Does claimants family reside on
said land? When did he move thereon?
How long have they lived there, and
do they still reside thereon? If not
where do they reside?
lS-Has claimants family been absent
from said land since moving thereon?
If so, state how often, how long each
time, and the cause of said absence or
absences.
19-State in full and in detail all the
facts within your knowledge as to
claimants actual residence upon this
CldlUs Wutl, anu uOW OIten you nave
seen him upon the land; what were the
evidences that he actually lived on the
trsct; how long he has lived there, and
whether he lives there now.
20-If claimant has been absent from
said land since his alleged settlement,
state fully how often, when, how long
each time, and for what purpose.
21-State in detail the character of
the improvements; what they consist of,
and when they were made. by the
claimant or by some other person.
22-Give the size, construction, and
material of claimants house on said
tract, and also state whether the same
is habitable during all seasons of the
year.
23-What is this land worth, and was
it ever offered for sale?
24-When did claimant commence
living upon this land?
25-How much of said land has been
broken, how much plowed since being
broken, and how much put into crop